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GEORGE A. HORN, OF NEWARK, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,433, dated April 11, 1882 Application filed March 1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom rt may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE A. HORN, of Newark, in the county of Wayne and State of New. York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to' farm-fences, and to the particular class known as wire-bound rail-fences, and the object of the invention is to apply the binding-wire atthe angles of the fence in such a manner that the top rail of each panel may be used in each case for a lever in straining said binding-wire upon the rails, thus doing away with the extra piece or lever heretofore employed.

In the accompanying drawings, "Figure 1 represents a plan of a portion of a worm railfence, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the same. I

Referring to the figures, b represents the rails of a Worm-fence laid up in the usual mannor by crossing near the ends.

1 are pieces of suitable wire or cable binding the rails together at the respective angles of the fence.

The pieces of wire or cable g are applied in this manner: The rails b of the first panel, A, of the fence are all laid in place, and also of the next panel, B, with the exception of the top rail, a, one end of which only is put in,

place on the upper rail of the panel A, the other end resting on the ground, as shown. One end of the Wire 9 is then secured to the upper rail of the first panel, A, near the angle, as shown at e, by winding it around said rail or otherwise, and the wire is then carried downward under the lowest rail, f, of the panel, thence upward and fastened to the inclinbinding the whole firmly together.

ing upper rail, a, as shown at c, at some distance from the point of bearing d between said rail and the top rail of the panel A. Now, when the lower end of the rail a is raised to its place on the fence (shown in dotted lines) the said rail, on account of the manner in which the wire is attached, acts as a lever to strain and tighten the wire upon the rails, No extra piece or lever is necessary to tighten the binding-wi're at each angle, as has heretofore been employed, the top railof each panel being used as a lever for the purpose, which materially lessens the expense of construction. of this class of wire-bound fences.

If the fence be made high, or if it be neces sary to secure only the upper rails, the wire, as a matter of economy, need not extend to the bottom rail, but under one of the intermediate rails of the panel, as shown in dotted line at h.

A fence thus constructed is firm and strong, and cannot be easily blown down by the wind or have the upper rails displaced by cattle or from other causes, and .it may be rapidly constructed.

Worm rail-fenceshaving the rails of the panels held or bound together by wire at the intersection of the rails have been known before,

such, for instance, being shown in patents to loop passed over the ends of the rails is drawn tight by means of a wedge forced under the top rail; and to Green,-No. 239,656, in which the wire loop is tightened by being turned into a twist by means of a suitable lever carried with the operator.

I do not claim broadly the principle of securing the rails of a fence by means of a wir loop or band; but a What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The method of constructing a worm railfence by securing one end of a piece of wire or cable to the top rail of a panel near the point of intersection of said rail and the top rail of the adjacent panel, then carrying said wire or cable down under the end of one of the lower rails of said panels, bringing it upward and attaching it to the top rail of said adjacent panel while lying in an inclined position, substantially as shown, and finally raising the free end of said inclined rail to its place upon the fence, so that it will act as a lever in straining said wire or cable, snbstanthe rails of the fence containedwithin the cirtially as set forth. cnit'of the wire being held firmly together by to 2. A worm rail-fence of common construethe same. tion, having the two ends of a piece of Wire or GEO A HORN 5 cable secured to the respective top rails of adjacent panels near the point of intersection of Witnesses: said rails, said wire or cable extending under E. B. XVIIITMORE, the ends of the rails of said panels, as shown, J. A. STACK. 

